Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2007/12

From: Carlberg Jones <carlbergjones@-----.mx>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:37:25 -0500


At 4:22 PM -0800 12/24/07, Daniel Leeson wrote:
>It is shocking that so many clarinet players feel that they are authorized
>to play their music on any clarinet they wish to use. It is an arrogance
>that only clarinet players have because we are the only woodwind players wh=
o
>have to deal with such a variety of transposing instrument.

I'm a French horn player. Most horn players play=20
a double horn in F and Bb. I'm talking about=20
valved horns, not "natural" horns without valves.

Prior to the mid-19th century, parts were written=20
for these "natural" horns in many keys, from G up=20
to C, an octave and a fourth higher. When valves=20
came into use and the volume requirements=20
mandated larger bore instruments, all parts began=20
to be played on the same keyed instrument.

This is life, with all its changes.

--
Carlberg Jones
Skype - carlbergbmug
Cornista - Orquesta Sinf=F3nica de Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes, Ags.
MEXICO

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